Question Windows Defender

IBMJunkman

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I currently use ESET and MalwareBytes. ESET is up for renewal.

I hear positive things about Windows Defender. Is it that good? Should I drop to 1 fighter of evil?
 

mikeymikec

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I would be hard-convinced that any generic anti-virus program is of much use these days, hence I just 'recommend' Windows Defender, being better than nothing at all.

The only action I see out of these programs are when they find executables from many years ago sitting in a customer's Downloads folder doing nothing, or when security software sniffs out my toolkit folder and starts quarantining useful utilities in the name of 'security'.

Malwarebytes is somewhat more relevant. I don't know how useful its premium features are though.